La GRANGE — North Lenoir defeated Rosewood in its soccer season opener Tuesday night at home. The Hawks opened the scoring in the 30th minute when Mike Bednarz got in the end of a Eric Holloway pass to take a 1-0 lead.

Rosewood tied it up in the in the 36th minute on an own goal that ran into a North Lenoir defender, but NL came right back in the 39th minute when Nic Kennedy scored the game-winner on Chad Ginn's long cross.

The leading hitters for South Lenoir included Taylor Bryan, who had 12 kills. Lynn Marie Grady had six and both Laura Jenkins and Hunter West recorded five kills apiece.

Returning setter Madison Herring had 28 assists. Erin Jones, Hailey West, Hunter West and Bryan all had four aces.

The junior varsity team beat S.W. Onslow, 2-0 (25-22, 25-16). Those leading hitters were Janna Dawson, Maggie Thompson, Breanna Tyndall and Lindsey Vinson, who all had three kills. Dawson and Riley Sandlin each had six service aces. Maggie Thompson added five aces of her own and 12 assists.

South Lenoir (0-1) hosted Swansboro Wednesday night in its home opener.

COMING FRIDAY

The Free Press 2014 special football section. Get area schools’ game previews, season schedules, rosters and more on Friday

Prep football begins Friday

Friday’s games (all games start at 7:30 p.m.)

Harrells Christian Academy at South Lenoir

Jones Senior at Kinston

North Lenoir at Eastern Wayne

Riverside at Ayden-Grifton

Wilson Beddingfield at Greene Central

Brandon Ingram on ESPNU

Brandon Ingram, Kinston High School’s rising senior forward, will be playing in the Under Armour Elite 24 Saturday in New York. The game will air on ESPNU at 7 p.m.